Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-11-16

offin and taken away in hearse.
Cross-examined-It was very dark
light. l think the pitiful voice l
leard was mans voice. | went TO
zee if l could render any assistance.
heard two or three voices taking
before the shot was fired, and am POS
tive the sound came from the partles
spoken of. The child's voice crlea'
Mama, mama. "
BERT RICO
Was recalled, and said, | heard the
child saw. 'eYou have killed my moth
:" and the man said, 81 have not
Killed vour mother" | was about $50
wards away, and ran to the place.
5. CORNELL
Testified: | know w. Williams by
sight. saw him at the police station
at the time of his arrest. | don't re-
member that he made any statements
then. He had signs of liquor on him.
OFFICER d. F. BorELLo
Then took the stand and testified: |
am a police officer OF this city. | know
w. Williams. | found him and ar
rested him on August 18th. Chief
Skinner gave me orders to hunt up
Williams. | searched the river bot
tom down to Compton, and first found
tracks of his footprints in the river
bottom and traced him to Seventh
street. | heard he was at Devlne' 5
house. | went there, dismounted, and
went to the back door and found Will
liams sitting on chair. | arrested
him. and thoroughly searched him.
He had no pistol, but | found a pocket
knife in his possession. | handcutted
him. As | vas coming along Will
liams said, For Gods sake take these
irons off" | took out my key to take
them off, when Mr.. Grant said Will
Iiams was desperate man, and he
would not drive us 60 the
police station if l did SO. Mr..
Devine came up at the
time and offered Williams a drink
from whisky bottle. On the way to
the police station Williams asked me
il he had killed his wife and l told
him mo, only wounded her." He
said that is better, for am done
man if l have killed her." He also
said, eff l have killed her, hang me
now. l loved my wife better than
half dollar" and laughed, when he
said, mo, better than 100000" and
cried. He told me that after the deed
he went back to the place of the MUIR
der and seeing no one there he went
down to the river bed, then to saloon
on Sixth street, and there read an ac-
count of the murder in the mornings
papers. | have searched thoroughly
for the Cappels. l first saw the pistol in
Officer Reid's possession. do not
know where it came from. Witness
identified the revolver produced as
the one he had seen. Williams was
under the influence of liquor, but not
drunk.
W. G. MILLER
Was next sworn and said: 81 am a
reporter and reside in this city. l saw
Mr.. Williams the day he was brought
to the police station. | went to the
scene of the murder and was there
about thirty minutes after it had &C.
Cured. l saw the body lying on the
sidewalk. She was dead. Williams
was drunk when he was brought to
the police station. don't remember
hearing any conversation at the time. "
CAPTAIN F. W. TYLER
Was then placed on the stand and tes-
titled: was Captain of Police at the
time. l saw Williams at the City Pris-
on. He and had some conversation
about the murder. | also talked to him
about previous conversation relating
to his family matters. At the City
Prison Williams said that he did not
believe mamma" was dead; also
said that he was drunk and would not
say anything or give anything away
till he saw mamma" He was not
drunk, but under the influence of
liquor. His wife once came to me,
bringing a knife sixteen inches from
end 10 end, and asked for protection
from her husband. | sent an officer
to try and find hin. and Williams and
a man named McGregor were conse-
quently arrested. Relating to the MUIR
der Williams said it was done and
could not be helped.
ED. R. SMITH
Was the next witness, ard SAID: !
am a constable Of the city. | know
Williams and have known him for a
long while. took him to the Coro-
ner's office to see his wife. He was
sober then. Previous to this his wife
came to me with a knife, and said that
Williams had attempted to kill her
and asked me to file a complaint
against him as she was afraid to dc
so. w lliams once asked me to go tC
his house and adjust some property
for him, as he and his wife We're going
to separate.
OFFICER ARGUELLO
Was next sworn: | am a police Off
Ger, and went with two other officers
to arrest Williams, on the complaint
of his wife, who went with us, and the
two children who had accompanied
her to the Police Station. | found
Williams and McGregor in bed. 1t
was about 8 or 10 o'clock. Williams
said, "Why do you have me ar
rested" His wife said, because
you have whipped me-" The other
two officers were Lummis and Rodgers.
]. F. CHAMBERLAIN
Was next sworn: am a clerk in
Judge Austin's Court, OF this city. /
saw Williams prior to the killing of
his wife. l do not know whether she
fled complaint at that time or not.
| remember her testifying in that case.
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